Q: My pink nettle (lamium) groundcover has stopped blooming, and the ends of them are brown. I have cut off the dead ends, but they look like they are barely alive. I have had them other years where ...

When you think of a garden, it's easy to picture the show-stopping stars. Whether it's those beautiful spring annuals, the perfectly pruned shrubs, or the bountiful fruit trees, some plants just have ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

A visually interesting perennial for a difficult shady spot is Purple Dragon Lamium or spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’). Purple Dragon is a spreading groundcover with one-inch ...

A question for Dan Gill: We have live oak trees shading our front yard, and we have camellias, sasanquas, azaleas and some variegated brake ferns already established there. We were interested in ...

Lamium and I spent the weekend fighting. It was a messy breakup. I’m still scraping the mud off my shoes. How did we get together in the first place? You’ve heard it a thousand times. First the ...

Q: I’ve been perplexed with a plant that my mother threw out decades ago which is spreading as a groundcover in the woods. Can you identify it, and should it be removed or eradicated? — Joan B., ...

I have a window box with a 'Pink Chablis' lamium in it. It looks awful, and I don't know what to do for it – if it's not already dead. Any ideas? A: Lamium 'Pink Chablis' is a beautiful, creeping, ...